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Please submit your ideas and information about conferences and workshops to: Denise Erickson ericksond@smccd.edu
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Faculty Professional Development Resources

  • Please see a description of activities for each program on the application
    Deadline for Long-Term proposals for Spring semester: October 15
  • Deadline for Long-Term proposals for Fall semester: March 15
  • (Proposals for Short-Term Professional Development may be submitted throughout the year.)

Professional Development

Links to applications:

  1. LONG -TERM proposal activities include retraining, advanced study, and esearch. This fund provides full pay for any number of units of semester-long reassigned time.
    Contact Prof. Barbara McCarthy Chair, Professional Development Committee, for further information at ext.3473.
    Eligibility: Third and fourth year tenure track and full-time faculty.
  2. SHORT-TERM proposal activities include retraining or improving existing skills. Typical activities include conferences, workshops and seminars. This fund provides substitute pay for release time, as well as conference or other registration fees.
    Contact Prof. Barbara McCarthy, Chair, Professional Development Committee, for further information at ext.3473.
    Eligibility: Adjunct and full-time faculty.
  3. SABBATICAL/EXTENDED LEAVE
    [AFT: Sabbatical Information and Application]
    Eligibility: Full-time tenured faculty
    Deadline for Applications: February 1

All applications should be approved and signed by the Division Dean,then submitted to Jo’an Rosario, Office of Instruction, rosario@smccd.edu

Trustees Fund for Program Improvement [application]

Contact Prof. Ron Trugman, Chair, Trustees Fund for Program Improvement, for further information at ext.3218.

Links to examples of successful proposals and reports:

  • Examples of successful proposals [Prof. Dev.] [Trustees Fund]
  • Examples of successful reports [Prof. Dev.] [Trustees Fund]

Travel

There are limited transportation and lodging funds available, with a maximum of $200 per person/per year allowed in-state, and $300 out-of-state. Please refer to the application for reimbursement requirements.

Faculty Professional Development Bulletin Board

Current news of workshops, conferences, and opportunities for Faculty Professional Development

Faculty Symposiums

 

Conferences and Workshops

 

 

 

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